Strongly Connected Components Episode 22: Arthur Benjamin

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Samuel Hansen caught up with the Mathemagician and Professor at Harvey Mudd College Arthur Benjamin quite literally on the floor of MathFest 2010 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Together they discuss the difference between Arthur Benjamin’s two careers, the real reason to study mathematics , and even preforms some of his mathemagic. If you want to find out more information about Arthur Benjamin you can travel over to his academic website or his mathemagician website or you could just head on over to YouTube and type in his name and watch him perform prodigious feats of mental arithmetic.

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